There have been a couple of articles on Smashing Magazine that have generated quite a lot of interest over the last few days. Firstly there was the provocatively titled post "Does The Future Of The Internet Have Room For Web Designers?" and then the rebuttal "I Want To Be A Web Designer When I Grow Up". Both articles speculate on the future job prospects for web designers and while they both contain some interesting points and are worth taking on board, I don't think either deal with the most pressing issue that faces small web agencies and freelancers.
Read Post >Does the Web Industry need an Accrediting Professional Body?
It still amazes me how low the quality of a large proportion of websites across the internet is. Indeed it pains me to see clients who have paid good money to an agency with a slick sales pitch but nothing behind it to back it up with. The worst thing? The client doesn't even realise they've been sold a lemon. Is it time for a well-funded national or international regulatory body to set the bar in our industry?
Read Post >July Website Redesign and Relaunch
Welcome to the new website! What's going on I hear you ask?
Read Post >PHP speaks Hebrew? Error T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM
Around 10 years working in PHP and this is the first time I've ever had it speak to me in Hebrew...
Read Post >DOMPDF Error FIXED - Frame not found in cellmap
Another quick post to help other PHP developers who might be running into this problem with DOMPDF...
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